[jboss-user] [JBoss Seam] - can factory methods have parameters?

I've scoured the forum and docs trying to figure this out and have been unsuccessfull, so hopefully someone can steer me in the right direction. I have a page that displays a set of dataTable elements. The scenario is that I have a bunch of objects that can be categorized. The list of categories is dynamic. On the page, I am iterating over each category (using ui:repeat) and displaying a dataTable for each category. The dataTable snippet currently looks like: | <ui:repeat value="#{allCategories}" var="category"> | <rich:dataTable width="100%" var="record" value="#{calculationManager.findCalculations(category.id)}"> | <rich:column> | <h:outputText value="#{record.calculation)}"/> | </rich:column> | </rich:dataTable> | </ui:repeat> | The allCategories property is backed by a DataModel, this is fine. The dataTables are being populated by a bean (referenced by calculationManager) that contains the following: | public List<FinancialCalculation> findCalculations(int categoryId) { | return (List <FinancialCalculation>)em.createQuery("select f from FinancialCalculation f where category_id=:c") | .setParameter("c", categoryId) | .getResultList(); | } | This is displaying as I want. However, my next step is that each item in each table needs to be clickable (it will take the user to a details page). There are two options that I've thought of. First, I can use a commandLink and pass an id of the selected item through it, then look up the object in the method that is called. I haven't done it, but can't think of why it wouldn't work. It just doesn't feel "correct". The second was to switch to using a DataModel to back each table and use the DataModelSelection functionality. This is what I think I should be doing. The problem is, I don't know how to create the DataModel using a factory method that needs to take a parameter (ie, make the findCalculations method above be a factory). Alternatively, I could remove the method parameters and add an injected property: @In private Integer categoryId But then I don't know how to have the proper value injected for each of the dataTables. Did I explain that clearly? If so, any suggestions? Thanks! Matt View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4087602#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...